A Regional Climate Simulation Study Using WRF-ARW Model over Europe and Evaluation for Extreme Temperature Weather Events

Table 2

Observed and modeled total number of heat and cold waves during the period 1950–2009, 1950–1970, and 1971–2009.

Zones	Heat waves						Cold waves
	1950–2009		1950–1970		1971–2009		1950–2009		1950–1970		1971–2009
	OBS	MOD	OBS	MOD	OBS	MOD	OBS	MOD	OBS	MOD	OBS	MOD
1	105	35	29	5	77	31	27	27	0	8	27	19
2	86	17	11	1	75	16	59	17	18	5	41	12
3	127	93	32	28	96	67	50	18	18	6	32	12
4	123	41	29	9	96	34	47	33	15	12	32	21
5	104	51	14	10	90	41	36	15	13	7	23	8
6	120	211	27	55	94	160	97	63	25	9	72	54
7	127	227	29	64	99	168	110	59	30	13	80	46
8	134	196	34	50	102	150	138	55	33	11	105	44
9	143	192	33	52	110	143	107	57	23	12	84	45
10	114	110	31	45	83	70	87	31	16	9	71	22
11	99	134	25	38	74	98	165	82	30	20	135	62
12	113	61	28	19	85	42	109	49	37	13	72	36
13	78	23	17	6	61	17	99	68	48	34	51	34
14	69	24	15	8	54	16	46	23	24	13	22	10
15	94	75	25	21	69	54	79	47	18	12	61	35